Improvement in fences



V. A. KILGROE.

FENCES.

No. 193,661. Patented July 31, 1877'.

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VIRGIL A. KILGROE, 0F ANNISTON, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,661, dated July 31,1877 application filed July 13, 1877.

, ful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others'skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference. being badto the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fences; and it consists in thearrangement and combination of parts that will be more fully describedhereinafter, whereby a cheap, simple, and strong fenceis produced, andone that is applicable for all purposes.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

a represents a suitable stake, post, or upright, which is driven intothe ground at the end of each panel. The ends of the rails or boards b,out of which the panels are to be formed, are placed alternately uponeach side of these postsor stakes; and in order to make these ends graspthe sides of the stake, the rails or planks are bowed out slightly attheir centers, and a stake, c, is passed down between them, as shown, soas to bear against opposite sides of every alternate rail, andthus Whilebowed out in this manner by this does not reach to the ground, each railor plank has its ends pressing outwardly against central stake, whichthe two end stakes a, and pressing inwardly against the central stake 0.At each end of the panel are placed the long rails or stakes d, whichhave their lower ends driven into the ground and their upper endscrossed, so as to form a support for the top rail 0, as shown.

When it is desired,the top of the panel may be formed of two rails orboards, as shown, and when it is desired to prevent one of these two toprails from bearing outward against the end stakes or posts d, anadditional long post or stake, 9, may be used by pushing it down betweenthe ends of the rails or boards just behind the stake at.

A fence thus constructed is strong,durable, and very easily constructed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to securebyLetters Patent, is-

1. In a fence, the combination of the stakes a, rails or boards b,central stake c, and end stakes d, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with the railsb and stakes a c, the end stakes d andstakes g, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this4th day of July, 1877.

VIRGIL A. KILGROE.

Witnesses:

S. P. DAVIs, J. P. PRIGKETT.

